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An exhaustive analysis of the UK market including every firm in the top 200 ranked, analysed and benchmarked, UK chambers ranked by turnover, revenue per barrister and which international firms are most active in the UK.

On 23 October 2012, the United Arab Emirates enacted its Federal Competition Law (Federal Law No. (4) of 2012), which laid down new rules on anti-competitive agreements, merger control and abuse of dominance.

The past year marked record-level global criminal competition law enforcement. The level of fines imposed continued its upward trajectory, with authorities in the US, Europe, China, and India imposing record sanctions.

On 14 November 2012, the UK Financial Services Authority published the first part of its long-awaited consultation paper ‘CP 12/32 Implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive Part 1’.

After a period of intense political wrangling and lengthy delays, on 2 November 2012 the President of Myanmar signed into effect a new foreign investment law (the FIL) to replace the previous foreign investment law enacted in 1988.

At an open meeting held on 22 August 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to approve final rules regarding disclosure and reporting requirements with respect to the use of “conflict minerals” to implement Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Early in the discussions about whether and how to form a joint venture — perhaps as the very first significant issue to be resolved — the potential joint venture partners will try to agree on the scope of the venture’s business.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that cross-border migration by way of converting into a company format subject to the laws of a different EU member state is protected and permitted by overriding EU law even in cases where the national laws of the two countries in question do not provide for such a possibility.

The Government of India has revised its policy in relation to downstream investments by banking companies incorporated in India that are owned and/or controlled by non-residents or non-resident entities.

The UK press has had a field day over the past 12 months with news of shareholder challenges or activism. In the run-up to the AGM season in the spring, barely a day went by without report of shareholders flexing their muscles by taking on the boards of listed companies.